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Vivian Kong became Hong Kong’s first-ever fencing medallist with a 13-12 win against France’s Auriane Mallo-Breton at the Paris Olympics on Saturday. The women’s epee individual went into overtime tied at 12-12. But Kong secured the gold medal with the final strike to make it 13. First-time Olympian Eszter Muhari of Hungary won bronze after defeating Estonia’s Nelli Differt 15-14, also after overtime. In the men’s sabre individual, Oh Sang-uk of South Korea took gold after he had won the team event at Tokyo 2020. He defeated Tunisia’s Farès Ferjani 15-11. Bronze went to Tokyo silver medallist …

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